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Re: Kproc

From: Dave Marquardt <marquard_at_Austin.IBM.Com>
Date: 2000/01/05
Message-ID: <v5tln64b363.fsf@mojave.austin.ibm.com>#1/1

David McMullen <davidmac_at_texas.net> writes:
> kproc is the process that runs when there is nothing on the run queue.

Wrong. There are several kprocs, and they do a number of things. Often they have fixed priority and will run ahead of any user processes.

A couple are

	gil:	Networking off-level stuff
	netm:	Network memory allocator

-Dave Received on Wed Jan 05 2000 - 00:00:00 CST

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